Appellate Court of Illinois· 10/22/2002

People v. Manning

Citations

778 N.E.2d 1222
334 Ill. App. 3d 882
268 Ill. Dec. 600
2002 Ill. App. LEXIS 968

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defendant’s claim of ineffectiveness of counsel claim rejected because defendant’s decision not to testify was the result of trial strategy
defendant's claim of ineffectiveness of counsel claim rejected because defendant's decision not to testify was the result of trial strategy
where there is “a commonly understood meaning” to the words of the instructions, the court does not need to define them with additional instructions
defendant's claim of ineffectiveness of counsel claim rejected because defendant's decision not to testify was the result of trial strategy
no error where trial court did not define “conceal”
“We cannot determine from the record presented whether counsel’s decision to abandon the defense of necessity was due to [the] defendant’s choice not to testify, sound trial strategy or incompetence *** Therefore, we must presume it was the result of trial strategy.”

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